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Spurge or sweet woodruff seedlings?

B3B3 Posts: 27,505
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Pretty sure my sweet woodruff  succumbed to the drought  but maybe  it didn't  . Shall I get the hoe out or not? 
Can't find a picture  of  SW  seedlings  on net 


In London. Keen but lazy.
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  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    Act in haste, repent at leisure.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    That's why I'm asking😊
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • nutcutletnutcutlet Posts: 27,445
    maybe the mass is one of the annual Euphorbias but I can see one of the bigger species further back with the bluish leaves. No Woodruff but don't give up on it, I can't see much of mine but expect it back in the spring


    In the sticks near Peterborough
  • Bee witchedBee witched Posts: 1,295
    I'd leave it until spring. It might be a bit more obvious then, and you can call it green manure in the meantime.

    Bee x
    Gardener and beekeeper in beautiful Scottish Borders  

    A single bee creates just one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2022
    Yes. I spotted. That. It's definitely coming out! That's good news that it might be lurking underground @nutcutlet. Spurge is easy to pull out even when it goes beyond the seedling stage so I'll take your advice @Bee witched
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • UffUff Posts: 3,199
    Sweet woodruff has pointy leaves B3 so I'm guessing that they are spurge.
    SW SCOTLAND but born in Derbyshire
  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    Definitely spurge in my opinion!
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • Silver surferSilver surfer Posts: 4,719

    Latin name sometimes helps with searches.
    Seedlings Galium odoratum....sweet woodruff.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=Galium+odoratum+seedlings&client=firefox-b-d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjktNuLvZz7AhUrTUEAHQkcBa8Q_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1280&bih=595&dpr=1.5
    Perthshire. SCOTLAND .
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited November 2022
    I think I 'll leave it for now in case there's a diamond amongst the spurge. Hopes dashed!😊
    Followed the link @Silver surfer. You never know. There's loads of seedlings in the woodruff patch. We'll see.  Maybe one or two aren't spurge.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @B3 No Sweet Woodruff in your photo. It is a pest in my garden I would be amazed if it doesn't return in the spring.
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
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